Improvement in gbain sepabatoes



H.' H. SBELY. GRAIN SBPARATOR.

No, 62,694. Patented Mar. 5, 1.867.

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A Qtr-itch' Vtstrs getest @ffice H. H. SEELY, 0B" HUDSON, MICHIGAN,ASSIGNOR 'TO F'. SWIFT, 0F

' LENAWEE. COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 62,694, zia-ted lllarch 5, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT 1N GRAIN semences.-

To ALI. WHoM. 1r M AY ooNoERN.

Be. itV known that I, ILH. SEELY, of Hudson, in the county of Lenawee,and State of, Michigan, have invented certain new and usefullimprovements in"iGruin separators and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, 'and to the letters of referencemarked thereon. In the annered drawings, making -part ot'thisspecificution A represents the frame of the machine. The side bbards ofthis frame are made of' one piece of board',

including vthe hopper, side and drum-head. An opening, the shape ot' theshoe, is cut in each ofthe sidc'boards,

andthe piece thus cut from the said board, after beingreduced a verylittle in size so as to give itroom to play, isusedifor forming the endof the shoe. The ends ofthe shoe B, as will be seen, are hung in theopenings made in the side board, and thus form a portion of the sides ofthe machine. The shoe B is hung in thc frame by means of two springswhich lie across the' said frame.- Thesesprings are secured to the shoe,and have their ends 'resting in ths frame. I represents one of' theabove-mentioned springs, the other being,l similar to it inform and modeof attachment. D represents the fan-shaft, which is driven by suitablegearing. On the end of this shaft, opposite the gesrng, is'a shortcrank, to which is connected a rod, F, which said rod attaches at itsother and to the upper end of an arm on a collar, M. E represents ashaft which lies across the frame of the machine,

having its hearing in the 'sides o fsnid frame. Upon this shaft are twocollars, and N, made similar in shape, as 'shown in iig. 3; one of suidcollars, vM, being on` the'louteil end of the shaft, and one beingplaced about centre M, one end. o'fa rod," G, is attached, the other end of said rod beingl attached to ourl arm of an elbow-lever, H, asIshown. J represents a. rod, one end vof` whioh secures tothe other armof-lever H, while its inner end secures with the shoe for' the purposeof giving said .shoe a lateral shake. K and L represent two rods, whichconnect at theirv inner ends to the two arms oi'V collar N, one to thelower and the other to the upper. The outer end of -rod K 'attaches tothe lower screen P, and serves-to give motion to it.- The outer end ofrod L, connects with the shoe B, and serves to give anl endwise motionto the said shoe. When the rods J and L'both connect with the shoe,Vthey .serve to give it three motions, an endwse, a lateral, and apartial rotary motion, but when one of the rods is disconnected the shoehas only one motion, either endwise or lateral. C represents theshoe-bottom, seen in dotted line, iig. l1. This bottom is hinged at theupper end of the shoe, its lower end being adjustable. b repre sents arod, which is secured in the bottom at one end, and passes through theshoe. The other-end of' this rod is bent sp as to catch into holes in aplate, c, secured upon the shoe by means of the rod b. The shoe-bottomis set nt any required angle. R represents s rod-which passes across thei'ramc at its rear end, resting upon springs, S S, which are placed inslots, as seen in the said i'rame. .This rod serves to sustain the upperend of the lower screen P. VThis'rodis provided vwith smalifriction-rollers, against which pins upon -the under side of screen Pstrike, for the purpose of giving said' screen nu up-and-down motion, inaddition to its longitudinal motion. By constructing the sides ofthemachineas described, the cost is diminished, .and the manufacturerendered more easy and simple; By placing the shoe ends in theopenings'in the side boards, more room is gained in the machine and the shoe isworked to bevsttefrmvantage.A y

Having thus fully describedI my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters atent,l is- 1. The adjustable shoe-bottom C,rod b, `and. perforated plate a, upon-the shoe, arranged and used asandA for the purpose herein specified',

2. The arrangement of this rodG, l'ever H, and rods and L,'with theshoe,.i`or the purpose of givingsaid shoe three motions, or one, as maybe desired, substantially as set forth'.

I i As evidence that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hsndinthe, presence of two' witnesses. H. H. sEELY.

Witnesses:

S. S. Nrs, L. R. Persson.

